The same committee voted last year to remove John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, from a list of books teachers may assign to ninth-graders.

Idaho is expected to reveal its unemployment numbers in two weeks. In October, the Idaho Department of Labor reported the Gem State had held steady with its jobless rate of 4.2 percent. The city of Boise's unemployment rate for September was 2.6 percent.

"They required that I play nice for the next two weeks and then leave my position after the levy. I refuse to be dishonest with this community for a few thousand dollars."

The Trailhead conversation, billed initially as a summit similar to one held last week at Boise State University, was meant to begin a community discussion on the topic of race with the intent of making Idaho a draw for people from diverse backgrounds.

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Tuesday's charges are the first tied to the JPMorgan attack, which compromised information in 83 million customer accounts in what prosecutors called the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution.

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"This is the type of infrastructure investment that Boise's businesses need to compete in the modern economy and that our residents demand as technology becomes increasingly central to their daily lives."

The greater sage-grouse of southwestern Idaho lost nearly 200,000 acres of habitat after the Soda Fire this summer. Land managers are coming together to figure out how to curb habitat loss in the future.

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